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Category: Motivation

So I’m out camping tonight. By myself. I was thinking today, as I was running around town getting ready to do this, how much confidence I have gained since I started this journey. How much more independent I feel. How much more I LIKE myself. And it’s a really awesome feeling. Tonight, when I pulled … More Confidence

So the good news is I’m at the point where it really doesn’t take much effort to see results. But the bad news is that it takes a huge amount of effort to see results because my brain does NOT like the no junk food rule. It’s screaming about it a lot actually. I keep … More The Sugar Monster Attacks

Do you ever notice that we, as Americans, generally have the attention level of a gnat? We bounce around from fad to fad, always looking for the latest and greatest thing to occupy our lives. We constantly need more of this and more of that to feed the Stimulation Beast inside. It’s American culture to … More Focus

If you had asked me two years ago if I would ever be one of those people who gets up early to work out and go to the gym, I would have laughed myself silly. There was just no way I would EVER be able to get up one single second earlier than the bare … More The Metamorphosis of Early Birds

I totally have spring fever. I’m so tired of being cooped up inside. I miss my bike rides with Bug, and I miss my hiking out in Medora. I have some goals for this summer. I’d like to do at least one–if not more–weekend hike on the Maah Daah Hey. I am learning that hiking … More Spring Fever

So a while back I heard about this app where you could make money by losing weight. DietBet allows you to join a “game” of losing a certain percentage of your body weight in a certain amount of time. You ante up your “bet” and then if you meet the goal weight within the timeframe … More The DietBet

So I had this weird dream a while back. I dreamed of this lady I know who has recently lost a lot of weight using this fad diet product. We were at some fair or something sitting on bleachers made of feather mattresses. And she was laughing at me–smugly–because she wasn’t making the feather mattress … More Mean Girls

Have you ever noticed that all the “experts” advocate finding some sort of exercise or work-out routine that’s “fun” to do, claiming that you are more likely to stick with it if it’s something that you enjoy? Sometimes I want to strangle those experts. Because, really, how is sweating fun? How is that feeling, where … More No Quit

So I have had a rough week this week, fitness-wise. I just feel really down, unmotivated, and kind of depressed. As I write this it is Tuesday, and I haven’t done any exercise since Friday. I ate like crap every day since Friday as well. Yesterday morning I honestly had a splitting headache so I … More Bandaids

So even though I feel like I still have a billion pounds to go before I hit my goal, I have already made a pretty significant dent in my fat loss journey. Let’s compare, shall we? Seriously, some cringe-worthy stuff here. First of all, how absolutely miserable do I look in those left-hand “before” pics?And let … More My “Secret” Weapon